John Henryism, Depression, and Perceived Social Support in Black Women

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-137

  Bronder, Ellen C ^a   Speight, Suzette L ^a   Witherspoon, Karen M ^b   Thomas, Anita J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; depression; John Henryism; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897762246     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798412474466     Document Type: Article

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